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Mainstage Variable

hlsvc

Welfare service: used meals on wheels

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
Not mentioned	0	13402	92.95%
Used meals on wheels	1	52	0.36%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
Not mentioned	0	13869	93.25%
Used meals on wheels	1	56	0.38%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
Not mentioned	0	14351	93.24%
Used meals on wheels	1	64	0.42%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
Not mentioned	0	14559	93.23%
Used meals on wheels	1	76	0.49%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Not mentioned	0	14713	93.17%
Used meals on wheels	1	64	0.41%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Not mentioned	0	15284	94.12%
Used meals on wheels	1	62	0.38%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Not mentioned	0	15637	94.22%
Used meals on wheels	1	71	0.43%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Not mentioned	0	17977	95.28%
Used meals on wheels	1	88	0.47%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.09%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Not mentioned	0	15004	96.16%
Used meals on wheels	1	63	0.4%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.14%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Not mentioned	0	15079	96.52%
Used meals on wheels	1	87	0.56%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.03%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Not mentioned	0	10489	96.18%
Used meals on wheels	1	56	0.51%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
Not mentioned	0	10768	96.2%
Used meals on wheels	1	58	0.52%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
Not mentioned	0	9079	96.2%
Used meals on wheels	1	58	0.61%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
Not mentioned	0	8766	94.78%
Used meals on wheels	1	61	0.66%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.09%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
Not mentioned	0	8988	94.8%
Used meals on wheels	1	63	0.66%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.03%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
Not mentioned	0	8969	93.43%
Used meals on wheels	1	52	0.54%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.07%
Not mentioned	0	9785	99.39%
Used meals on wheels	1	53	0.54%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.08%
Not mentioned	0	10194	99.32%
Used meals on wheels	1	62	0.6%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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